HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-04-30, Page 11The Goderieh Township senior citizens club, the Enterprising Seniors, were at the Zone 8
convention In Vanastra last Tuesday. Everett Mcllwain, left and John Deeves listen to
the speakers. (Jame§ Fitgecald photo)
Admiral Bayfield.....
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another 11 years elapsed
before he found a wife to suit
him. Miss Fanny was 24
years old at the time. of her
marriage to the 43 year old
naval officer. He settled hap-
pily in his winter quarters in
Quebec pursuing his interest
in natural history and con-
tributing papers to the
literary and historical
societies of that city.
Survey of the St. Lawrence
continued for three years,
and then in 1834 moved to
Labrador. There were pro-
blems - the near loss of a
ship, the death of his assis-
tant Collins, who had been
with Bayfield for 34 years,
and crew shortages due to
the higher wages offered by
the Hudson Bay Company. .
In 1840, Bayfield moved his
office to Charlottetown, and
it was on Prince Edward
Island that he finally made
his pernianent home. In 1852
he contracted a serious il-
lness and in 1856 his promo-
tion to rear -Admiral includ-
ed a provision that he should
give up his survey work.
Seven years later he was
promoted to Vice -Admiral
and he retired in 1867 with
the rank of Admiral.
13y then Admiral Bayfield
had become a respected
member of Charlottetown
society, but his health con-
tinued to deteriorate and he
finally died in February
1885, just three weeks before
his 90th birthday. ,
Concluding his soliloquy,
Mr. Penny extinguished his
candle lamp - and the
meeting was restored to the
20th century.
Expressing the thanks of
the membership, Brigadier
Morgan Smith said that the
village already knew much
OPP named acting
Seaforth chief
A member of the Goderich detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police has been named acting
police chief in Seaforth until a replacement is found.
Cpl. Ray Primeau started his duties as chief in
Seaforth Thursday succeeding former chief John
Cairns, who resigned last week to become a first class
constable.
The Seaforth police force was to, be under in-
vestigation at a police commission hearing May 4, but
that meeting has now been cancelled. The request for
a police commission hearing was requested by
Seaforth council, but following Cairns resignation
they withdrew the request
Primeau has lived in Seaforth for 18 years and
previously worked out of the Seaforth detachment of
the OPP.
Auburn lady
appointed president
Relatives and friends here
received the word that Mrs.
Stanley McNall of Welland
has been appointed presi-
dent of Maple Leaf Chapter
Number 91 of the Telephone
Pioneers of America. She is
now section manager
operator of service for Bell
Canada, St. Catharines.
Maple Leaf Chapter encom-
passes all of Ontario region,
Northern Telephone, Nor-
thern Telecom and Bell Nor-
thern Research with the ex-
ception of Metro Toronto and
has a membership of 9,100.
The Telephone Pioneers of
America is the largest social
industrial organization in the
world, their main purpose
being assistance to the han-
dicapped.
This year their project is
to promote "the ability in
disability" with involvement
in local projects in this
"Year of the Disabled".
They also look after the well-
being of the retired long-
term employees in the
telephone industry.
In the. Goderich area, the
Tecumseh Council of
Telephone. Pioneers is in-
volved in community service
projects.
Mrs. McNall will be
representing Ontario region
in Winnipeg at the Regional
Assembly and in September
at the General Assembly in
Boston, Mass.
of the history of its
namesake, but the evening's
presentation had added a
new dimension to that
knowledge of a rare and
remarkable man.
The meeting closed with
refreshments served by Mrs.
Betty Burch, Mrs. Dorothy
Hovey and Mrs. Flo
Youmatoff.
Go
c� Townshi
Requests for 17 building
permits were dealt with
when Goderich Township
Council met in regular
session April 20.
Building permits were
issued to Ray Bush for a
picnic shelter on lots 23 and
24, Maitland Concession;
Richard Kapteln for a
swimming pool on lot three,
Base fine; Anthony Sch-
wartz for a cottage addition
on lot 72, Plan 13;John
Scanlan for a machine shed
on lot six, concession two;
Don Bosman for a house on
lot 21, concession nine; Doug
Robinson for two sundecks
on lot 141, Plan 13; Ken
Sowerby to demolish a shed
on lot 12, concession 3; Ed
Britnell to build a garage
and shed on lot 5, concession
3; Martin Van den Berg for a
broiler barn on lot 99,
Maitland Concession and for
a produce stand at the same
location; Tony Van Dongen
for a barn addition on lots 57
and 58, Base Line; Seranus
Martin for a maple sugar
shack on lot 72 Maitland
Concession; Gordon Lobb for
a sun deck on lot 18, Huron
Road; Gerald Bodges for
feed rooms on lot 22,
Maitland Concession;
Ronald Kirtaspe for a storage
shed on lot five, concession
three.
Permits were also ap-
proved for Nick Den Boer for
a dairy barn on lot 37, con-
cession 14; Mike Moriarty
for a barn on lot 34, con-
cession five; and Mrs.
Yvonne Moyer fora house on
lot 42, Maitland 'Concession:
But these permits were held
pending the proper ap-
provals.
Accounts totalling
$11,823.82 were approved for
payment. Of this total,
$10,267.88 was for road
superintendent payroll and
$1,147.50 was for Postill Tile
Drainage for the new
township hall.
The water well and system
on Plan number 29 were
discussed but information
was not available from W.M.
Dundass. The clerk was
instructed to contact Mr.
Dundass and set up a
meeting with the council and
Ontario Hydro.
J. Slade was present at the
okays b
council meeting to explain
insurance policies as
suggested for the township.
Council members asked
many questions but no
motions were recorded.
Bruce McClinchey, Ray
McClinchey and Peter
Imanse were also present at
the meeting to discuss the
water system on Plan
number 28. The system
presently supplies four users
on Plan number 28 and one
on Plan number 18. No
motions were recorded.
Tile drain loans were
requested by H. Torrance for
$6,025 • on lot 28, concession
five; and by Charles Wain
for $10,020 on lot 30, cow
cession two and for $15,915 on
lot 30, concession one.
Council passed a motion that
the township will loan up to
75 per cent- of the approved
expenditures to a maximum
loan of $12,000 per year per
applicant; and that all loans
will be made on a first
completed and inspected
basis for 1981.
A municipal drain ap-
plication was received from
Bud Yeo and others. Council
BAYFI ELD OugLE
by Bud Sturgeon
C and Hellen Owen
rout are definitely running
The weather was a little on
the cool side, with the odd
hint of a snowflake in the air
on Saturday, but otherwise ,
conditions were ideal for the
opening of trout season in
Bayfield.
The Rainbow Valley Cam-
pground was operating at
well below capacity and only
about hall as many campers
as previous years occupied
sites. Camp. owner Joe Bran-
don was incensed at an' arti-
cle which appeared in the
London Free Press a week
earlier, and credited it as the
reason few fishermen show-
ed up. The article which was
written by a school teacher
and self proclaimed .super
sportsman -fisherman led
readers to believe that the
spawning run in the Bayfield
River was over and there
were few 'fish to be caught
here.
Camp manager R. E. Mc-
Clinchey, who was previous-
ly unaware of the article,
stated that many campers
and fishermen had shown up
late Friday night and early
Saturday morning and had
produced the article from a
coatpocket and queried him
as to the conditions in the
river.
When McClinch.ey
answered that, "The season
was only just opening", and
he didn't know whether they
would catch any rainbow
trout, the majority left
without wetting a line
That aside, the ones that
stayed to fish in Bayfield
found there was plenty of
fish for the taking. Local
angler Andy `Stickman'
Sturgeon, who landed a 12
pound rainbow and lost ten
others in a fast stretch of
water a mile -and a half
upstream early Saturday
morning, reported counting
over 100 trout on the spawn-
ing beds during his jaunt. By
noon on Saturday several
anglers had their limit and
were on the way home. It is
hard to estimate how many
fish were taken in the open-
ing hours at Bayfield, but
there were almost 50 verified
catches ranging in size from
a pound and a half to 14
pounds.
Handy Randy (McClin-
chey) called me around noon
on Sunday to say that he had
lined up a group of anglers to
pose with their -catch for a
picture so off I trotted to
Rainbow Valley. It was
almost shirt -sleeve weather
and walking down the long
hill l noted that a few marsh
marigolds were already in
bloom adding to the pictures-
que spring scenery. As I
rounded the trail and glanc-
ed up river towards the
'Dead Man's Hole' I could
see a group of some 15
anglers crowding around
another who was playing a
large fish. It turned out to be
none other than Pete Gilles
of London who landed the
nine pounder. Just above on
the River Flats another
angler looked in: dismay as
the fish he was playing spat
out the hook
As it turned out, the same
group as last year had the
majority of the luck although
the 1980 champ .Ray Lee of
London was only able - to
`release' four suckers over
the weekend. His pals claim-
ed that he had actually suc-
cumbed to an overload of rye
which threw his casting arm
out of whack. The successful
female of the group, Frances
Devillee, landed a small
trout but later noted that
she, "didn't even know it
was biting on the line!"
Barry Fitzpatrick caught
one and lost one even though
he was stuck with cooking
breakfast again this year.
He was still laughing about
the article that said there
was no fish in the Bayfield
River but took time to com-
ment that "Frances was no
longer a fisherwoman virgin
as she had now landed a
trout." John Benais was the
hog of the group as he had
four rainbows. According to
his buddies, the reason that
Pete Gilles was so successful
was that, "he had given up
smoking and drinking and
sex, involuntarily."
Despite a Ntery hi a daily newspaper, the rainbows were
running at Rayfield last Saturday, opening day, with
many fishermen a atehing their limit. Proof positive was
offered by, left -to right, Jack Andavon, Frances Dcvlllle,
Risk Lee, Barry Fltzpatrlek with son Tom on ahouldera,
and Pete Gilles. (Bud Sturgeon photo)
Poor old Bill Ensall was
skunked again. Although
they didn't give any reason
for this, we can assume it is
because you can't catch fish
on your , hands and knees.
Other lucky fishermen in the
London group were Jack
Anderson and Rick Lee who
both landed trout on Satur-
day. Still laughing and ex-
changing fish stories they
busied themselves with
breaking camp
Down the way at the next
campsite to the west, I found
a half a dozen lads from Kit-
chener. Roger Helm,. Gary
Helm, Gard Vavasour, Mike
Breeaaike Walsh didn't
have much luck but pro-
claimed that, "Joe was the
story ! " As it turned out Joe .
Fleischmann had landed a
nine and a hall pounder.
Neyille Clark from Lucan
had just arrived at the river
with his family and hadn't
had time to bait up his line.
Another day fisherman, Bill
and Melita Duffenais, Vic-
toria and Chantille, had ar-
rived from London but
hadn't had any bites at the
Old Dam just west of Joe's
Pond.
As I barged onto another
campsite a group of familiar
faces greeted me from in-
between the RV's. It was the
bunch from downtown Dor-
chester, not . the suburbs,
who have been camping here
on opening day for the past
six years. They were busy
grilling up some burgers on
the BBQ and discussing the
new stop sign in Dorchester.
Unfortunately as, far as the
fishing went, they were
skunked for the second year
in a row, but noted that they
had fun playing cards. As at
almost every campsite I
stopped at, the `infamous'
article in the London Free
Pres§ was mentioned.
They had read the article
and felt that it discouraged
many fishermen from com-
ing to Bayfield this year and
that it had hurt the local
business people. As one
member put it, "If you really
want fish then you can buy
them at the market, but we
come here because we enjoy
the outing." Included in the
Dorchester campers were
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hunter,
Mr. and Mrs. George Symon,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Knott,
Mr. and Mrs. Les Evaschuk,
Mr. and Mrs. Kim
Beauchamp, Mr. and Mrs.
Tony Evaschuk, Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Ferrar and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Godzack of
Livonia, Michigan. The God \
zacks, who are friends of th
above group, had heard so
much about Bayfield that
they decided to come' this
year and needless to say,
they enjoyed it immensely
although the weather was a
bit of a shock after spending
the past three and a half
weeks in Florida.
With the afternoon wear-
ing on, I meandered back to
Handy Randy's cabin and
did my last interview for the
day with a party of 11 from
London. Comprising the
ranks were Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Allen, Ron, Triseh,
Frank, Claude, Ruth and
Robin, Bob Bright, George
Mahugh and a little dog that
couldn't be coerced into tak-
ing a bite out of my leg, that
went by the name of Dago.
Ernest had proved to be the
fishermanhere as he was the
only one to land a trout. t
There were many other
fishermen up and down the
river, some with catches and
some without, but t it is im-
possible to talk to everyone.
On the whole more fins were
caught this year than last
and the general consensus is
that the fishing will .remain
steady for the next couple of
weeks as the river abounds
with rainbow trout.
And what about Handy
Randy? Well he's going to
try his luck about Thursday
night. With that in mind, I
left Rainbow Valley wonder-
ing what I was going to do
with the 21 dozen dew worms
I had on the backseat of the
car. I still don't know.
Maybe I'll wait 'til Thursday
night and try my luck!
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 30.1
l
passed a motion that it be
accepted and referred to
W.J. Bartlett and Associates
for inspection and report.
Several tenders were
received by J. Potter for
supply of a mower.
Quotations included the
exchange of the present
mower. A motion was passed
to accept the tender of
Clinton Ford Tractors with
an amendment that council
inspect the various mowers
hefnre purchase
Four tenders were
Middleton
On an
by Blanche Deeves
Morning prayer was, held
in St. James Anglican
Church on Sunday morning
and flowers on the altar were
placed by Sarah Storey.
Lisa Storey read the lesson
and Rev. William Bennet
was in charge of the service.
Don Middleton and Edward
Deeves received the of-
fering.
The ACW spring annual
meeting of the St. James
Church (Westmini$ter)
London will be held on April
30. Registration will take
place from 9 to 10 am and
communion will be
celebrated with Rt. Rev.
T.D.B. Raggas. The
thankoffering will be
received and Canon Ray
Farrell from the St. John the
Evangelist Church of London
will be the guest speaker.
Sarah Storey will represent
the St. James ACW at the
meeting.
The St. ,James ACW would
like to thank those who at-
tended the special evening
last Thursday when Steve
and_ ,ROsie._Cooke of Clinton .
showed their slide presen-
talion of an African safari.
The Slides were interesting
and informative and a
question and answer period
followed the presentation.
Lisa and Bill Storey's
singing, accompanied by
their grandmother on the
organ, added to the, evening.
Mrs. Deeves acted as MC
and Mrs. Fred Middleton
thanked the special guests
and presented the Cookes
with a half -bushel of apples,
donated by Ross and Mabel
Middleton. The Storeys were
also given a special gift of
appreciation.
Rev. Bennett dosed the
evening in prayer and a
social time followed . in the
church hall. For the occasion
the hall was decorated with
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g permits
received for loading and
hauling pit run gravel,
crushed gravel and top soil.
Council accepted the tender
of James Adams subject to
theapproval of the M.T.C.
Council passed a motion
that the treasurer be
authorized to apply to the
Ministry of Housing for an
Ontario Home Renewal
grant in the amount of
$30,000.
The reeve and clerk were
authorized by council to sign
the deeds selling fourth, fifth
and sixth streets on Plan
number 8.
Land severances were
requested by Herman
Stryker and Robert and
Pearl Hartman. Council
decided to deal with
Stryker's application as per
questionnaire and to defer
Hartman's . for further in-
vestigation.
A waste disposal site
agreement ' was presented
and a motion was passed to
have the reeve and clerk sign
it.
African safari
daffodils and pussy w llows,
and coffee and breads were
served.
Bayfield
Calf Club
An organizational meeting
was held on March 25 at the
Seaforth High School to
organize the Bayfield 4-H
Calf Club.
The extension assistant
Len McGregor spoke about
the requirements needed to
complete the different clubs,
and a group of young people
then divided into its own
club.
The Bayfield club elected
officers who will be:
president, Jeannie Brand;
vice president, Denise
Brand; secretary, Gerda
Brand; press reporter,
Danny Van Ninhuys. •
It was decided that the
first meeting will be held on
Thursday, April 30 at 8:30
pm at the horse of Danny
Van Ninhuys. If any girl or
boy wishes to join the calf
club, please phone leader
Alex Ostrom at 482-7287 or
Len McGregor at the
agriculture office at 482-3428
by Apri130.
News and notes
The community would like
to wish Jack Elder and his
family all the very best on
their move to town.
We welcome Martha
Robertson to the 13th con-
cession of Goderich Town-
ship. May her stay in the
community be a long and
happy one•
Ricky Crich and Tracy
Simmons of the Clinton
Public School spent last
Thursday with the Deeves.
Congratulations and good
wishes go out to Martin and
Mary Steenstra on their 35th
wedding anniversary.
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The May 6 bus trip is set to
go and everyone is asked to
be at the Clinton Legion by 8
am.
There are still a few seats
left for the May 26 bus trip
but it's filling fast. Call soon
if you wish to go.
Schedule set
A schedule for professinal
development days for Huron
County school teachers was
approved by board members
this week.
Trustee John Goddard
suggested that more profes-
sional development days be
scheduled for Saturdays so.
that students could stay in
the classroom on regular
school days.
He learned that three pro-
fessional development days
this year were held on Satur-
days and more weekend
events are planned for the
future.
Besides that, more co-
operation with teachers in
neighboring counties will be
encouraged to take advan-
•cage tit, top flight speakers
and developmental Aids for
Huron teachers.
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